Indeed Lehndorff would not, though to be precise, Mrs. Strangeways-Horner wasn't some random woman. She was in fact the mother of Stephen Fox' child bride, and also the lover of Henry Fox. So basically Hervey did something quite similar to AW, who wanted his kids given to Mina, because choosing Mrs. Strangeways-Horner is as good as saying "I want my daughter to be raised with the Foxes".
(Doesn't make it less punching down to share the misery via one's last will.)
Here's a picture of Hervey:
Now of course we don't have Lehndorff's wives diaries, so we don't know what kind of husband he was from their pov, and one should not idealize him. But he postponed his long hoped for journey abroad - after Fritz had given him permission - when his first wife was ill and went with her to a spa instead and stayed with her till she died; this at a point when his continued career frustration had anything but lessened (the later 1760s) and would soon reach a boiling point. So, I consider it safe to say: Lehndorff wasn't the type to punch down at his wife in misery.
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Re: Andrew Mitchell: Secret Algarotti Boyfriend?!
Date: 2020-09-12 08:21 am (UTC)(Doesn't make it less punching down to share the misery via one's last will.)
Here's a picture of Hervey:
Now of course we don't have Lehndorff's wives diaries, so we don't know what kind of husband he was from their pov, and one should not idealize him. But he postponed his long hoped for journey abroad - after Fritz had given him permission - when his first wife was ill and went with her to a spa instead and stayed with her till she died; this at a point when his continued career frustration had anything but lessened (the later 1760s) and would soon reach a boiling point. So, I consider it safe to say: Lehndorff wasn't the type to punch down at his wife in misery.